New system (recommendations)

[Admiral]

What about the Antec Sonata ?
It's quiet, you can mount two 120mm fans on it (1 front, 1 rear)... drawback, it's a mid tower case.

[Ssin]

Originally posted by knirfie
ok, i've got two configs for my new system, which one would you take?

                 system 1                            system 2


CPU          Pentium 4 2,4C                   AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Mobo         Abit IC7-G                       Asus K8V Deluxe  
Memory       2x 512mb Kingston 3700           1x 512mb Kingston 3700
HDD          160gb 7200.7 S-ATA               160gb 7200.7 S-ATA
DVD RW       Nec 1300A                        none (delayed)
DVD          Plextor PX-116-16x               Plextor PX-116-16x
Case         Chieftec Dragon midi (black)     Chieftec Dragon midi (black)
PSU          ZALMAN ZM400A-APF 400W           ZALMAN ZM400A-APF 400W
Cooling      Asetek KT12 watercooling         Asetek KT12 watercooling

recommendations for changes are always welcome and so are donations...


I'll be buying most of my stuff here: http://www.e-bug.de/

I'd get the P4 system but forget the Abit stuff it's crappy. Chieftec Dragon is cool but you'd maybe want to w8 a bit for the new antec alu solution (don't remember the name) since it's getting out in some days now. Save money on the dvd and get a lite-on, they used to produce some good stuff for plextor some times ago (some cdrw were of their making).

[az]

Why are you going to buy at e-bug? They're neither cheapest, nor the most trustworthy (that'd be Alternate.de I guess, but they're not really cheap). Won't other german shops send to the netherlands?

AZ

[X-Caliber]

I paid $79 + $15 S/H for my Lian-Li PC60USB (new version with two USB2 ports on the front).